Bloganuary
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The Abundance of Joy
Joy is a sensory experience, feeling, hearing, touching, smelling, connecting. It is in the small details of our everyday lives that joy resides. The joyful moments are there, if we take time to notice them. Joy is hearing the Glossy Black Cockatoos squawking amongst the trees in the morning on the dunes behind my house before they…
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Letting go in the New Year
Let go of one possession each day Have you made any New Year’s Resolutions? There is nothing remotely interesting about my New Year’s Resolution. It’s in the category of social media posts detailing what you ate for breakfast, trivial. So why am I posting it? Well, how many people keep their New Years Resolutions? Not…
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Artist in the spotlight: Mavis Ngallametta – why this indigenous artist inspires me
Imagine taking up painting at the age of sixty-four, creating a body of highly original work on very large linen canvases, and selling every one of these works to either major galleries or noted private collectors. This was the experience of Mavis Ngallametta in her twilight years. Early Life Born in 1944 near the Kendall…
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Boulders
What is it like to live with an affinity for boulders? I want to rescue boulders destined for the tip to put in my garden. I love sitting on boulders. How often do they serve as a snack stop on bush walks? I use boulders to step across creeks, I collect pebbles which are ‘mini…
Jude Tulloch Artist: a visual storyteller, a traveller and nature lover 